Hello fellow Steemians! Today I wanted to bring up an issue on a topic... that is right there in so many of our homes.
It's about those cute and cuddly, sometimes fierce creatures so many people own and befriend; it's about the cattle and sheep that we eat and cook for others. Domestic animals are quintessential to the health and well being of humans, yet the humans in charge appear to be abusing their power over these animals.
The selective breeding of these dogs is technically genetic mutationto benefit the human. Sphynxs (pictured) are an example of a hairless cat breed that is high maintenance when it comes to staying clean, and it cannot clean itself. Furthermore this cat is extremely affectionate due to the fact that it is missing its coat. Sphynxs cannot go outside. Put yourself in this breed's position. You've been altered to suit your controllers' needs. Because they are allergic or simply dislike cat hair, people have decided to create a cat that has none.
Dogs have devoloped breed-specific diseases and mutations over the years (See https://dogbehaviorscience.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/100-years-of-breed-improvement/) Click the link for images and descriptions of how some pure breeds have devoloped over the past century. By applying human intellect to these animals' lives, this generation has destroyed the health of dogs all over the world.
What about cattle and sheep; chicken.
Terms like inbreeding are terrifying when applied to oneself, but is a method used to squander the effects of genetic diversity and is viewed as a highly effective way to standardize the quality of the breed.
This is a double standard that is applied to beings and creatures that are all essentially living, breathing, feeling, thinking...
Dogs are so intelligent they've been nicknamed Man's Best Friend. If we love and care, and they love and care, for one another and appreciate life so, why should they be subjected to means we would not dream of applying to ourselves as a standard of society?
SOURCES
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1983434
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_crossbreed
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~kgarbutt/QuantGen/Gen535_1_2004/Inbreeding_Domestic.htm
https://dogbehaviorscience.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/100-years-of-breed-improvement/